Agriculture ministry: 100 Belarusian tractors brought to Armenia since beginning of this year

YEREVAN, March 5. /ARKA/. Some 100 tractors have been imported in Armenia from Belarus since the beginning of this year, Armenian Deputy Agriculture Minister Robert Makaryan said Wednesday at a news conference.

«The new batch of tractors will be sold and leased within a few days after completion of appropriate customs paperwork,» he said.

Makaryan also said that other 120 Belarusian tractors were imported in Armenia in 2013.

In December 2013, Grisha Baghyan, the first deputy agriculture minister, said that 400 tractors would be brought to Armenia from Belarus in 2014.

There were 14,683 tractors and 1,362 harvesters in Armenia in early January 2013. -0----